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DEFINITION: n. The type of headache you get from buying too many things with your credit card. Note: Symptoms do not usually appear until the following month.v. To buy yourself a huge credit card headache.

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Neuralgiamex

Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: Nyoor-al-jam-ex

Sentence: The worst, most menacing headache is the Neuralgiamex, for nothing and no one can heal the wounds of one's credit card.

Etymology: Neuralgia (headache) + amex ("American Express", a popular credit card)

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Penitension

Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: pen-i-ten-shen

Sentence: Carol's penitension headache worsened the day her Visa statement arrived and she realized she'd have to explain the new carpet to Jim.

Etymology: penitence: to express guilt or remorse (usually to a confessor)+ tension: mental, emotional or nervous strain -- often manifested in a headache called a Tension Headache

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Enderythralgia

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˌɛndəɹɪˈθɹældʒiə/

Sentence: Enderythralgia is quite common and most medical experts consider it a rational response, and thus not a true pathology. Endomelanalgia (pain caused by _not_ being in the red) is a much rarer and more serious condition.

Etymology: end- (in) + erythr- (red) + -algia (pain) "pain caused by being in the red"

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Postshoppangsyndrome

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: post/shop/pang/syn/drome

Sentence: When the credit card bill arrived, she immediately fell into postshoppangsyndrome where the only cure was a day of receipt seaching and merchandise returning.

Etymology: posttraumaticsyndrome + shop + pang (ache or throb)

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Buygrainal

Created by: amysmiles2000

Pronunciation: bi-gra-ah-nal

Sentence: My husband gets a buygrainal every January 13. That is after the mail delivery.

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Buygraine

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: buy-grain

Sentence: after a hectic week on e-bay i started coming down with a very bad buygraine

Etymology: buy, migraine

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COMMENTS:

Sounds payinfull. Great word! - galwaywegian, 2007-07-04: 05:02:00

Yes, very good. - Clayton, 2007-07-04: 12:03:00

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Expentorture

Created by: rombus

Pronunciation: ex - pend - tore - chur

Sentence: Jonathan was subjected to painful expendtorture every month when his credit card bills arrived. It hurt his brain to contemplate how to pay for his compulsive spending.

Etymology: expenditure, torture

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